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Your selective color work is mostly effective here but you have missed some areas of the ribbon from the boutonniere while including remnants of the groom's tie. When doing images like this it is better to go in very close with the selection tool, I usually work with the magnification at 100%, to make sure you catch everything you want and nothing you don't This is a very popular technique for wedding pictures but it must be done carefully or it will come off just looking sloppy. If you decide to tidy this up a little, removing the gold tie from the area as well as where it appears between the loops of ribbon on the left and include the areas of ribbon missed on the right I think the couple will be very happy and treasure this image. Also a slight de-saturation of the portion of the image that remains colored is also a good suggestion so it doesn't come off as being over rich when compared with your monotone background. It will still have more than enough color to leap out at the viewer and distinguish itself as the object of attention.
Compositionally I like where you have placed the flower in the frame and I think this is a strong image even without the selective color application.
I don't think I can remember the last time I felt this stupid. I did not even catch the colorization of the tie as my eye just always focused on the flower. I will fix it and re post it. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!
I think this is a very creative use of SC. I'm not huge on the technique but every once in a while someone uses it so very nicely, and you have here. My only nitpick is the bit of chin showing. Part of me wants it done away with because it seems if you show that bit of his head, you should all. But when I cover it up then it seems strange not to have some "humanness" to the image. How's that for confused? By the way, I also like the tonal range at play here. Very subtle but detail clear.
Chow - The way that I usaully do it is with the magnetic lasso tool in PS. go around the image that you want left in color. Once it is completely surrounded go to Select on the tool bar menu. Then go to Inverse, that will select everything but what you do not want the color removed from. Then go to Enhance:Adjust Color: and drag the bar to the left to desaturate all of the color out of the image. You can also hit "remove color" if you wish.
I hope that is clear, if not let me know.
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